TITLE:
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Greek Validation on Student Sample
AUTHORS:
Christina Galanou, Michael Galanakis, Euaggelos Alexopoulos, Christina Darviri
KEYWORDS:
Self-Esteem, Validation RSES, Stress, Health Locus of Control, AB Personality Types
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.5 No.8,
June
9,
2014
ABSTRACT:
This
paper presents the standardization of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) in
the Greek population. Self-esteem is defined as the positive or negative
reflection that the individual has for himself/herself and the belief of being
able to cope with the basic challenges of life. The RSES was completed by
university students with a mean age of 19. Along with the RSES we administered
the Health Locus of Control Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Stress
and Personality Self Test and the self-esteem questionnaire (Darviri &
Varvogli). The results on the reliability and validity of the RSES were
satisfactory as the internal reliability index crombach a was .80 and the RSES
had positive statistical significant relationship with the second questionnaire
of self-esteem. We also found statistically significant relationships with
stress levels, health locus of control and personality types. It seems that
when people attribute their good health to others, they have increased self-esteem
in relation to people who attributed their good health to themselves.
Furthermore our study showed that women have higher levels of self-esteem than
men, an opposite outcome to the one of previous validations. The RSES Greek
version is a tool that can be used for the measurement of Self-Esteem in the
Greek Population.